â off List! Enkaustikos offers a variety of waxes useful for encaustic painters, as well as artists working in other media. Unlike wax mediums, these waxes do not contain Damar Resin. Carnauba Wax â Enkaustikos Carnauba Wax is a light, pale yellow wax from the leaves of a palm tree. Add this wax to encaustic paint to raise its melting point. Using Carnauba Wax will result in a harder, more durable paint film. Adding too much of this wax may result in cracking of the paint.
Spindle turning is turning wood with its grain parallel to the lathe beds, the wood is usually held. between centers. Cuts are made parallel to the bed or down hill, never uphill. âThe cutting edge of the skew chisel must be sharp. Everything else is a personal preference.â3 Skews. coming in various shapes.
One method is to set the tool rest of the grinder at such an angle that the bevel matches the surface of the wheel. Then, with the body of the skew at an angle so that the cutting edge is square to the wheel, it is moved back and forth across the wheel to do the sharpening. The other side is done by flipping it over and switching the angle of the tool on the rest.